{"id":4963,"date":"2022-11-02T04:43:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T03:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/?p=4963"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T15:53:13","slug":"panama-independence-parade-national-pride-and-tradition-that-has-evolved-over-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/2022\/11\/02\/panama-independence-parade-national-pride-and-tradition-that-has-evolved-over-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Independence Parade, National Pride and Tradition that has Evolved Over Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It took almost two decades of the\npatriotic deed for the first Independence day parades to take place in Panama\nCity. These originated in the 1920s, where only government institutions\nparticipated. Later, public and private schools were incorporated. The route to\nbe used was Casco Antiguo, that passed in front of the Presidency of the\nRepublic in San Felipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beginning of the Parades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On those\ndates the following was celebrated: November 2 was the Day of the Heroes,\nNovember 3 was Patriotism Day, and November 4 was the Day of the Flag. Among\nthe parades that stood out the most was that of the Fire Department who paraded\ndressed in their best clothes and carrying their torches. The students with the\nbest grades and behavior from both public and private schools, who adorned\ntheir uniforms with national tricolor ribbons as a sign of being \u201cHonor Roll Students\u201d.\nThese children and teens usually always wanted to participate in the parades,\neither playing an instrument or carrying a national emblem. It should be noted\nthat at the beginning on November 2, a procession was carried out towards the\nmonument of one or several heroes of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First the schools paraded, then the\nNational Police and then the Firefighters would come out. Over the decades, the\nnumber of schools and independent bands grew, so the parade often lasted until\ndawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women’s Battalions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of\nthe most representative and distinctives were the female battalions from public\nand private schools in their beginnings. Many of these groups were\ndistinguished by the elegance of their members, the skill of many of them in\nplaying the instruments, and the accuracy of the \u201cbatuteras\u201d ( girls with baton) was enhanced, who\nmarched at good rhythm and exclusive steps related to the school they\nrepresented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evolution through the Years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nNovember 2, it ceased to be Heroes Day to commemorate the Day of the Dead. November\n5 was also added as the Day that the Separation of Colombia was Consolidated\nwith parades in Colon City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\nlate 1980s and 1990s, the participation of independent bands increased. And\nsince 1994, the indigenous people from Guna Yala region began to participate\nwith their traditional dances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many decades in Capital City, a single\nroute was use for all public and private educational centers in the sector,\nsome guest schools from the interior, independent bands, the Police, as well as\nthe Fire Department. Some ministries participating in the organization were\nalso added. In addition to having the assistance of a very large crowded, it\nwas gaining more followers through live television broadcasts. Due to the\nincrease in participating groups, the creation of two routes was implemented to\ndivide the groups to parade at the same time; each group would switch routes to\nmarch the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parades in Present Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the\npatriotic parades were suspended for the first time in 2020 due to the health\ncrisis, and held in a smaller way in 2021; it will be celebrated again with\nparades live in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year the patriotic parades in the capital city will travel along two routes: Calle 50 and the Cinta Costera, as they had been before the pandemic. The independent bands will parade on November 3 and 4 starting at 2:30 pm from the Carreteros building located on Avenida Balboa, to the administrative office of the Ministry of Public Works on Calle 40 Bella Vista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took almost two decades of the patriotic deed for the first Independence day parades to take place in Panama City. These originated in the 1920s, where only government institutions participated. Later, public and private schools were incorporated. The route to be used was Casco Antiguo, that passed in front of the Presidency of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4970,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions\/4970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}